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If you are interested in
archaeology and archaeological digs, this month long program to Israel is a
perfect fit. This 6-credit archaeological field school at Tel Akko, with an
optional 3-credit independent study option, integrates the multifaceted aspects
of twenty-first-century archaeology that combines excavation, survey,
geographic information systems (GIS), conservation, heritage studies, public
archaeology, and archaeological sciences.

There will be an
information session for interested students Tuesday, November 5 at 5:45pm in 205 Ferguson.

Liberal Arts
anthropology major Stephanie Malpica participated in this program last summer;
she gained valuable knowledge throughout the dig that she will utilize in her
future career as a cultural anthropologist in the Middle East.

The Penn State University Fellowships office is hosting a Critical Language Scholarships Workshop for interested students on October 29 from 12-1 in 321 HUB. CLS is a program of the U.S. Department of State and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs that offers intensive summer language institutes in thirteen foreign languages. Students interested in traveling abroad and learning lesser studied languages should attend. University fellowships officer Ruth Mendum will present information on the CLS scholarship, the application process, and answer any questions. Please RSVP for this event to jmw62@psu.edu by October 28. For more information, please see the flyer below or visit the CLS website at http://clscholarship.org . Note that the application deadline for the Critical Language Scholarship is November 15.

Interested in participating in a global experience? Think about pursuing a research experience abroad!

Engaging in undergraduate research abroad will help you to develop your analytical skills while building experience and a professional network to assist you with your long-term career planning goals. This is a great experience for any student, but especially for those with an interest in graduate school.

EuroScholarsIf you're serious about gaining international research experience, then consider applying to EuroScholars through Penn State's Ed Abroad Office. The objectives of this program are to give students the challenge of conducting original research at the cutting edge of human knowledge and promote interactions with scholars through an immersion in the research environment.

EuroScholars is a consortium of 12 research institutions throughout Europe with faculty who are interested in incorporating American undergraduate students into their research projects on a full-time basis.

Search the projects database for research related to your academic field of study, then apply to the specific project when submitting your materials. If accepted, you will be conducting research on a full-time basis for a full semester.

Nanjing University's
Institute for International Students is offering a summer program for current
Penn State students, incoming Chinese students who will be starting their Penn
State studies in Fall 2014, and students enrolled in the Institute's preparatory
program.The student
intern will work 20 hours per week with the Institute for
International Students at Nanjing University with main responsibilities
including:

Reviewing Chinese
students' English essays

Assisting the
Institute's instructors to understand the U.S. higher education system in
general and Penn State's system in particular through offering workshops,
presentations, etc.

Helping students in the
Institute's preparatory courses to understand the U.S. higher education system
and academic culture

Working with the host
institute and Penn State's course instructor

In addition to working with Nanjing's Institute for International Students, the teaching
assistant will work 20 hours per week with Penn State Professor
Gregory Smits, the course instructor for the summer program. Responsibilities
include:

Facilitating interaction
between current and incoming Penn State students

Helping incoming Penn
State students understand and adjust to Penn State's education system

Serving as an
"academic cultural ambassador" to Chinese students in the class

Assisting Professor
Smits with distribution of course materials, especially for those students
unable to access ANGEL.

Airfare and housing will be provided, in addition to a $2,000 enrichment award
for the six-week program.

This is your chance to talk with the Education Abroad advisers and study abroad representatives from programs in countries like South Africa, China, Ireland, Singapore and more. Penn State offers over 200 different program options for studying abroad and this is a great opportunity to get information on multiple programs at once.

The Penn State Education Abroad Office, in partnership with Town & Gown magazine, is excited to announce the second annual Penn State Education Abroad Writing Contest. The winning entry will be published in an upcoming issue of Town & Gown. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your creativity and talent, communicate your experiences to a broad audience and be published in a professional magazine.

This contest is open to all current Penn State students who have participated, or are currently participating, in a study abroad program sponsored by the Education Abroad Office. Students from all majors, and all study abroad program types (short-term, long-term, faculty-led), are welcome to participate.

Submissions must reflect the student's time abroad in a significant way. Beyond that, the guidelines for this contest are largely open-ended to encourage truly inspired submissions. To that end, students are granted creative license to compose stories, essays, etc. that will engage, and appeal to, a broad audience. Both fiction and non-fiction pieces will be considered. Regardless of the type of writing, submissions should be in clear, intelligent prose with no major spelling or grammatical errors.

Interested in human rights, public service or working with children? We partnerwith rural communities and lawyers in Panama to offer legal and social services that are otherwise inaccessible. We also work with local children and teach them in various educational workshops. We will be traveling with a small group to Panama during spring break and potentially the week after spring finals. We are looking for more students who are passionate about social change! If you have any questions or want to know more, please contact

Please note also that the coordinator for the Temple: Rome, Liberal
Arts education abroad program will be on campus Thursday, August 29 from
10:15AM - 1PM in the HUB. Any students still thinking about studying
abroad for spring 2014 can apply to the Temple Rome program by Sept. 15.

The applications for the 2014-2015 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.

Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, French, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu.

Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year.

For more information about the Boren Awards, to register for one of the upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visit www.borenawards.org. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.

The Boren Awards are initiatives of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and are administered by the Institute of International Education.